Tag: Cartoon Network
Technicolor Acquires Paris-Based OuiDo
Technicolor has acquired French independent animation producer OuiDo Productions.
Headed by Sandrine Nguyen and Boris Hertzog, OuiDo Productions has produced such globally popular animation series...
CN Adds 3 New Series, Events, Returning Shows for 2015-16
Cartoon Network unveiled its 2015-16 programming lineup, adding three new animated series as well as several special events and acquired series.
New original programs include:
We...
France TV Racks Up Toon Sales
FranceTV Distribution has gotten 2015 off to a busy start, securing multiple deals for three of its animated properties.
The distributor has picked up rights...
News Bytes: eOne, ‘Powerpuff’ Toys, ‘G-Fighters’ and More
Jillianne Reinseth has been appointed VP creative affairs for eOne Family, effective March 2. Based in Toronto, Reinseth will lead creative affairs for eOne...
‘Dalmatians’ Diamond Leads Home Entertainment Pack
You don't have to bust out your best tricks to get a great treat from the Disney vaults this week (Sit! Roll over! Open...
‘Dragon 2,’ ‘Mickey’ Dominate 42nd Annie Awards
The big night has come and gone — and it was a good one for DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon 2 and...
Kylie Ellis Upped to VP Production at Mainframe
Vancouver-based animation studio Rainmaker Entertainment has promoted its Director of Production, Kylie Ellis, to the newly created position of Vice President of Production at...
‘Adventure Time’ App Lets Gamers Get Creative
Cartoon Network Games has partnered up with Pixel Press to bring a cool new Adventure Time title to mobile devices: Game Wizard. Available through...
Books We Love – Issue #245
The Art of The Boxtrolls
By Philip Brotherton
Feast your eyes on the brilliant array of drawings, paintings, maquettes and puppetry minutia that went into LAIKA’s...
‘Steven Universe’ Is the Jewel of Week’s DVDs
It's kind of a slow week on the ol' home entertainment release calendar -- unless you have been awaiting the fourth Scorpion King outing...
Cancer Claims Hungarian Animator Andras Erkel
Animator Andras Erkel, founder of Hungary-based Studio Baestarts, died Dec. 29 from brain cancer. He was 52.
Erkel started his animation career in the 1980s,...
‘Wakfu’ Gets New Asia Broadcasters
Ankama has signed new deals for its popular animated series Wakfu across Asia and the Pacific. In a few weeks, viewers of Australia's Network...
‘TMNT’ Fights for a Spot in Your Video Collection
Cowabunga, dudes! Clear some space on your home video shelf for the home video release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Paramount, $49.99 3D Blu-ray,...
‘Lego,’ ‘Shaun,’ CN Take Top Kids’ BAFTAs
The LEGO Movie, Shaun the Sheep and Cartoon Network won top categories at the 2014 Children's BAFTA Awards, presented Sunday in London at a...
News Bytes: Merged Animafest, ‘Belladonna’ Restored and More
Wrapping up the week with the following desk-clearing news items:
• After years of alternating its focus, The World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest...
‘Dragon 2’ Boosts Quarter for DreamWorks
How to Train Your Dragon 2 has earned more than critical acclaim for DreamWorks Animation — it's earned a good chunk of change.
Enough for...
First-Ever LEGO Batman Special Coming to Cartoon Network
Be sure to pick your cape up from the dry cleaner's this weekend: on Monday, October 27 at 6 p.m. ET/PT, the first-ever LEGO...
‘Gumball’ Earns Pair of Children’s BAFTA Noms
The Amazing World of Gumball earned two nominations in this year's BAFTA Children's Awards, leading all animated contenders.
The Cartoon Network Europe-produced show was nominated...
Turner Rebrands Boomerang
Turner Broadcasting has announced it will be re-launching its kids brand Boomerang as a worldwide, all-animation, youth-targeted network, featuring a line-up up classic and...
Roundup: Rig a Zombie, Learn from Stoopid Buddies
Animation is nothing if not fun — and here's a few news tidbits that prove it.
Sony Pictures Animation has made a zombie rig used...
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